Music can relieve pain after heart surgery

This was proved by Nathaly González Pabón, a master's degree in nursing at the National University of Colombia (UN), who found that in addition to reducing the pain, the music had d & # 39; other positive consequences for patients. decreased stress and anxiety.

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Music has also given them a sense of fellowship in the midst of their recovery experience at the unity of intensive care and served as a distraction from the critical situation they were experiencing.

The study, carried out during the first 24 hours postoperatively in 45 patients with acute pain greater than or equal to four on a scale of one to ten, was entrusted to the management of Professor Luz Nelly Rivera Álvarez, of The Faculty of Nursing of the UN

In this case we worked with the melodies of a Japanese flute, an instrument that has been used for many years for meditation practices.

"Patients who had previously had mechanical ventilation removed and could communicate verbally were evaluated with the help of research badistants in which, using the visual badogue scale, they were asked the level of pain that they felt at that moment, "says the researcher.

For this study, the nurse – who has extensive experience in intensive care units – divided the sample into three groups of 15 people who received traditional postoperative care with drugs. The first also submitted to a period of 15 minutes of relaxing music recorded, to the second to 30 minutes and to the third, to none.

After this intervention, patients were again asked to rate the level of pain using a scale. In the groups that listened to music, statistically significant differences were found in the decrease of the pain sensation, with a reduction of about two points, a result independent of the time of exposure.

"Between the two groups submitted to the intervention I did not find any significant differences, so for the survey it was concluded that it meant no change if we listened 15 or 30 minutes of music ", says the researcher, but adds that this result It may also be subject to the size of the sample.

The relaxing music of the Japanese flute was chosen taking into account that it was not intended to generate an overstimulation of the person, to avoid negative effects such as l? increase in pressure and heart rate.

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– Colombia.com